SECTION 1. Article 4 of Chapter 113 of the
General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 113-291.1A.
Computer-assisted remote hunting prohibited.

(a)It is
unlawful for a person to engage in computer-assisted remote hunting or provide
or operate a facility that allows others to engage in computer-assisted remote
hunting if the wild animal or wild bird being hunted or shot is located in this
State.

(b)For
purposes of this section "computer-assisted remote hunting" means the
use of a computer or other device, equipment, or software, to remotely control
the aiming and discharging of a firearm or other weapon, that allows a person,
not physically present at the location of that firearm or other weapon, to hunt
or shoot a wild animal or wild bird."

SECTION 2. G.S. 113-294 is amended by
adding a new subsection to read:

"(q)Any person
who violates any provision of G.S. 113-291.1A is guilty of a Class 1
misdemeanor."

SECTION 3. G.S. 113-276.3(d) reads as
rewritten:

"(d)
Any violation of this Subchapter or of any rule adopted by the Wildlife
Resources Commission under the authority of this Subchapter which is subject to
a penalty greater than the one provided in G.S. 113-135(a)(1) is a
suspension offense. Conviction of any of the following suspension offenses
results in a suspension for a period of two years:

(1) A violation of
G.S. 113-294(b).

(2) A violation of
G.S. 113-294(c).

(2a) A violation of G.S. 113-294(c1).

(3) A violation of
G.S. 113-294(e).

(4) Repealed by Session
Laws 1999-120, s. 2.

(5)A violation
of G.S. 113-291.1A.

A conviction of any other suspension offense results in a
suspension for a period of one year."

SECTION 4. This act becomes effective
December 1, 2005, and applies to acts occurring on or after that date.